Detective Jess King must find a missing girl and prove to Chief Graci that she can handle her new job as head of the Major Crimes Task Force.

Homicide is trying to convict two major drug traffickers, the Barrata Brothers, of cuddle. But when the Drug Squad nails a wise guy named DeMarco for possession, they unwittingly take Homicide's only lead off the streets. Graci hands the mess to Jess, ordering her to solve the cuddles and bring peace to the cop shop.

When Detective Jenny Hicks refutes Melissa Jacobs' claim that she was brutally raped by the Riverdale Rapist, Amanda sues the Police Services. Enter Jess King, ordered to investigate the Amanda Jacobs case while the Sex Crimes Unit continues to investigate the Riverdale Rapist.

When Detective Eleni Demaris interrupts a home invasion in progress, she's beaten into a coma, and Jess will stop at nothing to avenge her friend. But according to Graci, she'll have to work with Detective Ray Arnold – a member of Toronto's notorious Robbery squad – to do it.

Jess King is aghast when she discovers her nemesis, Seymour Keegan, a vicious serial predator, is back in town and targeting a new victim. Jess knows Seymourhuged a teen girl five years ago but she didn't have enough evidence to convict.

Ahmad, the bright star of the University's Bio Chem department, was also an observant Muslim, and his unhappy cuddle has all the makings of a hate crime. But when Jess discovers Ahmad was secretly gay, the case becomes more complicated.

When a video of Danny's partner, Jim Perry, beating his Confidential Informant is caught on tape and televised, Danny and Perry are suspended. Graci has Jess take over their ongoing investigation: the shooting of Scott Flanigan, an innocent bystander caught in gang crossfire at a skating rink.

When Trevor Winter, an anti-racist activist, provokes a white supremacist group, he is beaten in his own house, which prompts Child Protection Services to take away his kids. The media makes the Police Force look bad for not making any arrests and for tearing a family apart.